Programs & Events

Womxn in the Wilderness

Womxn in the Wilderness Backpacking Trip aims to empower, educate, and celebrate young womxn and their connection with nature. Womxn in the Wilderness provides a supportive environment where all womxn can have fun, challenge themselves and develop strong connections in a community of womxn. We provide hands on experience that encourages womxn to push the boundaries of what it means to be a woman in the wilderness. We spend 2 days and nights exploring the meadows and streams in the High Sierras with a group of womxn.

Learning Objectives:

Build confidence in abilities and leadership skills through wilderness-based experiential activities in an emotionally and physically safe environment

Develop more comprehensive understanding of identity as a woman by challenging traditional gender stereotypes and roles, including ideas of beauty and the wilderness as a “masculine place”

Inspire an appreciation of human differences by fostering positive relationships among participants and encouraging team work

Develop a commitment to lifelong learning and personal growth

Understand personal connection and inspire ongoing positive interaction with the natural world

This annual program will take place from Oct 13th-15th at Hetch Hetcy Reservoir.